An Inland Voyage
Robert Louis Stevenson
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As a young man, Stevenson wished to be financially independent and began his literary career by writing travelogues. This is his first published work, written at a time when travel for pleasure was still a rarity. He and a friend traveled by canoe through France and Belgium and he relates how they were thrown in jail, mistaken for traveling salesmen and became embroiled in gypsy life. - Summary by Lynne Thompson (3 hr 56 min)
Chapters
Preface | 3:50 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Antwerp to Boom | 8:21 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
The Willebroek Canal | 11:46 | Read by DJRickyV |
The Royal Sport Nautique | 10:33 | Read by Lynne T |
At Mauberge | 9:02 | Read by Lynne T |
On The Sambre Canalised | 10:27 | Read by TheLadyAmy |
Pont-Sur-Sambre -- We Are Pedlars | 11:39 | Read by Lynne T |
Pont-Sur-Sambre -- The Travelling Merchant | 10:16 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
On The Sambre Canalised To Landrecies | 10:38 | Read by Lynne T |
At Landrecies | 8:53 | Read by Lynne T |
Sambre And Oise Canal -- Canal Boats | 9:56 | Read by Greg Giordano |
The Oise In Flood | 13:51 | Read by Phil Schempf |
Origny Sainte-Benoite -- A By-Day | 9:07 | Read by Denise Nordell |
Origny Sainte-Benoite -- The Company At Table | 9:52 | Read by Denise Nordell |
Down The Oise To Moy | 11:37 | Read by Gabriela Cowan |
La Fere Of Cursed Memory | 13:10 | Read by Gabriela Cowan |
Down The Oise Through The Golden Valley | 4:39 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
Noyon Cathedral | 10:52 | Read by DJRickyV |
Down The Oise To Compiegne | 5:06 | Read by Lynne T |
At Compiegne | 10:06 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Changed Times | 12:53 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Down The Oise: Church Interiors | 9:52 | Read by KHand |
Precy And The Marionnettes | 16:49 | Read by KHand |
Back To The World | 3:38 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Reviews
Not one of RLS's best
Tim Jones
I had high hopes of this, having read and enjoyed other books by Stevenson, and having traveled through France and done some canoe touring myself. However, despite some good passages and occasional insights, this book features far too many long digressions into the author's sometimes rambling thoughts. The quality of the readings is mixed: some are fairly good, but others are hard to follow. The penultimate chapter includes a passage in French - a language which I understand - but the reader clearly had no idea how to pronounce it, with the result that I understood barely a quarter of the words. It may seem churlish to criticize readers who have kindly volunteered their time like this, but I really wish they would ensure they would check that they are up to reading the text before agreeing to read it.
TEDIOUS
Avid Listener
It has its moments, but they are few and far between.